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Seventeen Hundred and Seventy-Six, Or, the War of Independence; A History of the Anglo-Americans, from the Period of the Union of the Colonies Against

Seventeen Hundred and Seventy-Six, Or, the War of Independence; A History of the Anglo-Americans, from the Period of the Union of the Colonies Against

Benson John Lossing
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848 edition. ...the command of Brandt, Butler, and others who were at the massacre of Wyoming the preceding year. They were strongly fortified, but Sullivan at once attacked aAag3t them," and, after a desperate resistance, the savages retreated back into the wilderness. Determined to chastise them severely, the Americans pursued them into the very heart of their country, and during the month of September, they desolated the whole domain to the Genesee River. They burned forty Indian villages, laid waste corn-fields, gardens, fruit trees, and every other vestige of cultiva1 ion left behind by the flying Indians and tories, destroying more than one hundred and fifty thousand bushels of corn. This expedition was a cruel one, and was hardly justifiable by any rule of right; yet it presented one of those stern necessities--an evil of great magnitude, requiring a severe remedy to avert serious consequences--which the exigencies of the times called forth. It greatly intimidated the Indians, and for a time the frontier settlements had repose. While the opposing armies in America, and the French and English fleets on that coast and in the West Indies, were alternately victorious and unsuccessful, our infant navy won new laurels upon the coasts of the British Islands, under the guidance of the intrepid Paul Jones. During the summer, the American Commissioners at Paris, aided by the French government, fitted out a squadron, the command of which was given to Jones. In July, he sailed from L'Orient, in the Bon Homme Richard, accompanied by his squadron, and made directly for the western coast of Ireland. He first appeared off Kerry, and from thence sailed round the north of Scotland, and appeared off the port of Leith. There, in sight of the inhabitants, he captured...
Language
English
Pages
226
Format
Paperback
Release
October 12, 2012
ISBN 13
9781151064608

Seventeen Hundred and Seventy-Six, Or, the War of Independence; A History of the Anglo-Americans, from the Period of the Union of the Colonies Against

Benson John Lossing
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848 edition. ...the command of Brandt, Butler, and others who were at the massacre of Wyoming the preceding year. They were strongly fortified, but Sullivan at once attacked aAag3t them," and, after a desperate resistance, the savages retreated back into the wilderness. Determined to chastise them severely, the Americans pursued them into the very heart of their country, and during the month of September, they desolated the whole domain to the Genesee River. They burned forty Indian villages, laid waste corn-fields, gardens, fruit trees, and every other vestige of cultiva1 ion left behind by the flying Indians and tories, destroying more than one hundred and fifty thousand bushels of corn. This expedition was a cruel one, and was hardly justifiable by any rule of right; yet it presented one of those stern necessities--an evil of great magnitude, requiring a severe remedy to avert serious consequences--which the exigencies of the times called forth. It greatly intimidated the Indians, and for a time the frontier settlements had repose. While the opposing armies in America, and the French and English fleets on that coast and in the West Indies, were alternately victorious and unsuccessful, our infant navy won new laurels upon the coasts of the British Islands, under the guidance of the intrepid Paul Jones. During the summer, the American Commissioners at Paris, aided by the French government, fitted out a squadron, the command of which was given to Jones. In July, he sailed from L'Orient, in the Bon Homme Richard, accompanied by his squadron, and made directly for the western coast of Ireland. He first appeared off Kerry, and from thence sailed round the north of Scotland, and appeared off the port of Leith. There, in sight of the inhabitants, he captured...
Language
English
Pages
226
Format
Paperback
Release
October 12, 2012
ISBN 13
9781151064608

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